Ngo Dinh Que, Dinh Van Quang, Dinh Thanh Giang
Forest Ecology and Environment Research Centre
I. Introduction
Swiddening in the North West, practised over 91,581 hectares, is found to extend over the largest area in Vietnam. As that traditional farming system has not been developed for ages, the land productivity there gets impoverished and soil erosion and scouring, excessive. Fallows are thus expanding, all waiting for longer and longer time for being restored for cultivation. Addressing this urgent research needs, a research project has been shaped to find out swiddening models to prolong the period of time of the land under cultivation, to shorten the fallow cycle, and increase the crop yields for the well- being of local people.
II. The research project: Its scope and content and the methodologies adopted
1. The subject of study and its scope
The subject of the study is to deal with swiddening (or shifting cultivation) as practised by the forest peoples of the North West, in particular the Dzaos and the H’Mongs.
Experimental plots are to be established at two sites in Hoa Binh and Son La.
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